Who do you prioritize over Patch?

djpt05

Hey all

Looking for a little bit of advice when fighting PvP against a team with Patch. He typically is a headache for me and that's typically because I always prioritize killing the support character (OBW, Spidey, Hood) before him.

So now I figure I should always try and kill Patch first before he gets off his green attack. Are there any characters in your opinion that are always worth defeating before going after Patch?

Also note I don't want to use spidey... it becomes too slow and tedious for me. So this question is assuming no stun-locking of any form.

Thanks for the advice

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Hood, OBW and Bullseye come in mind. Low health and annoying attributes.

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My personal experience has showed that leaving Patch last or even second comes with a high risk. If he has low red AP stored it may be fine go at it this way, but if he has 8+, the risk is too high. 1 lucky cascade and he can get to 14 red in no time. As for who to target first, it depends on who else is in his team. If he has Hood or Spiderman in his team, they always go down first. If he is paired with Ares (not very common duo) I always go for Ares first, but I keep an eye on their red doing everything I can to deny them. I regularly see him with OBW and C.Storm and this is a tricky one. Do you go for OBW and risk getting hit repeatedly by Storm's Tempest, or do you go for Storm and risk OBW stealing all you AP?

My currrent A team always has OBW so I can deny the opposing OBW her colors and Ares who can deal 3-4k in a turn without much trouble. I always match purple whenever I can and then comes yellow and green. However this is only a general direction and it all depends on how is their AP. If the enemy has no purple (for their OBW) or green (for their Patch) and 8 blue, I will let them get 1 purple/green match so that I can steal it with my OBW. Usually I take down the first enemy with matches and I save AP so I can use 1-2 abilities on Patch in 1 turn. If you have the Punisher in your team, you can benefit from his black AOE and take down the weakened enemy you focused on early and deal some damage to Patch before hitting him with some heavy damage abilities.

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Since I use Patch myself, I usually target Spidey, OBW and the Hood first. Try to deny red and green and steal AP whenever I can. And when I have 14 red myself, I'll nuke him down.

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You probably don't want to kill Patch first anyways, because you want to make sure the first hit is a big one. Otherwise he'll just heal back up all those 100 damage matches you throw at him.

I like to use his strike tiles against him. So I bring someone that can flood the field with green and make quick work of matching away his strike tiles. You just need to be mindful of his red. So, Rags, Hulk, GSBW and Loki all come into play for that job.

over_clocked

Toxicadam wrote:

You probably don't want to kill Patch first anyways, because you want to make sure the first hit is a big one. Otherwise he'll just heal back up all those 100 damage matches you throw at him.

I like to use his strike tiles against him. So I bring someone that can flood the field with green and make quick work of matching away his strike tiles. You just need to be mindful of his red. So, Rags, Hulk, GSBW and Loki all come into play for that job.

You forgot Thor.

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I almost always leave Patch for last and just deny red. I always use either OBW or Spidey, so, he's not really a threat to get Best There Is off. His green can be a problem, but usually I'm able to heal through it, or use it to my advantage. Also, a lot of people go 3/5/5 which is impossible to focus and not very threatening to leave alone.

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djpt05 wrote:

Hey all

Looking for a little bit of advice when fighting PvP against a team with Patch. He typically is a headache for me and that's typically because I always prioritize killing the support character (OBW, Spidey, Hood) before him.

So now I figure I should always try and kill Patch first before he gets off his green attack. Are there any characters in your opinion that are always worth defeating before going after Patch?

Also note I don't want to use spidey... it becomes too slow and tedious for me. So this question is assuming no stun-locking of any form.

Thanks for the advice

My priority uses the same way of working regardless of the actual characters themselves. Basic attacks against the deadliest support (usually means lowest hp), ko biggest damage dealer with high damage ap moves once earned, finish off the support if I hadn't already, finish off last one with some matches and newly minted ap moves. Works all the time, every time.

In said scenario patch is #2 on my list usually. Even more so because his heal makes it wasteful to use early game match damage on him. Honestly, patches is a pathetic weak puppy on def and usually does nothing. Its only real chance of doing anything is a lucky green cascade (ends in a way faster match but me taking some unnecessary damage) or cascading a bunch of red (one shot someone). The green is more bothersome as I don't really have to ever use health packs anyway and I only have 5 healthpacks so I don't mind using them.

I generally run magneto/punisher/x ...the x usually does nothing of consequence unless its spidey randomly healing at the end or something. The x is reserved for xforce atm pending buff info (if ever I mean..sheesh over a month, probably bordering on 2 since announced at this point).

For a team like obw/spidey/patches for example I kill obw first as she is op for a 2** and the most annoying character in the game...plus she is the lowest hp support character. Then patches is next on the list as he does the only damage on that team. Some might think kill spidey first, but on this team he is last because he cannot do anything to you really once everyone else is dead as long as patches never got out his green. With obw...she is the #1 kill ANY time she is on a team except for one character, and that is m.storm due to, again, being the lowest hp support.

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Some said they just sit on yellow for thor and shoots it right after BR. Kills all the green tiles leaving the purples for you.

Alternatively you can prevent him getting 9AP and kill him using your strike tiles. Make sure not to keep him last unless you can surely deny red.

Obviously if you can stun him...

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Target the support until you have enough stored ap to burst patch down and bypass healing. Hood or widow are helpful to keep him starved. Match purples if he's about to berserk so your strikes are safe.